The Holocaust : the fate of European Jewry, 1932-1945 /
When The Holocaust first appeared in Israel in 1987, it was hailed as the finest, most authoritative history of Hitler's war on the Jews ever published. Representing twenty years of research and reflection, Leni Yahil's book won the Shazar Prize, one of Israel's highest awards for his...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translation of: ha-Shoí ah. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[1991]
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| Series: | Studies in Jewish history.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | When The Holocaust first appeared in Israel in 1987, it was hailed as the finest, most authoritative history of Hitler's war on the Jews ever published. Representing twenty years of research and reflection, Leni Yahil's book won the Shazar Prize, one of Israel's highest awards for historical work. Now available in English, The Holocaust offers a sweeping look at the Final Solution, covering not only Nazi policies, but also how Jews and foreign governments perceived and responded to the unfolding nightmare. Along the way, she destroys persistent myths about the Holocaust: that Hitler had no plan for exterminating the Jews, that the Jews themselves went peacefully to the slaughter. Though Yahil finds that Nazi policies were often inconsistent, particularly during the years before the war, she conclusively demonstrates that Hitler was always working toward a final reckoning with world Jewry, envisioning his war as a war against the Jews. The book also recounts numerous uprisings and acts of resistance in ghettos and concentration camps, as well as the activities of Jewish partisan units. Yahil describes the work of Jews in America, Palestine, and world organizations on behalf of Hitler's victims--often in the face of resistance by the Allied governments and neutral states--and explores the factors that affected the success of rescue efforts. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: ha-Shoʼah. |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 808 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 753-783) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0195045238 9780195045239 |